LEESBURG, Fla. – The Raiders dropped their opening-day matchups in Leesburg, Fla., to start the 2023 season. Colgate fell 8-0 to Portland State and 10-0 to Big 10 opponent Michigan.
GAME 1 | Portland State 8, Colgate 0
Colgate's first game of the season saw the Raiders facing Meghan Romero '19 in the opposite dugout. Romero, now an assistant coach at Portland State, graduated from Colgate in 2019 and served as an assistant coach with the Raiders for the past three seasons.
First-year pitching highlighted the Raiders' first game of the year, with Alexa Acker making her starting and collegiate debut on the mound against Portland State. Fellow freshman Maya Servedio came in relief for Acker after she struck out two Vikings in 3 2/3 innings while allowing seven total runs, four of which were earned.
The Vikings scored an early two-run homer which gave them the definitive lead. Portland State scored six more runs, with four coming from the fourth inning to cap off the 8-0 win.
Sophomore catcher Quinn Livesay highlighted the Raider offense in the opener, getting the only hit for Colgate in the opener. Livesay ended the game 1-for-2 at the plate.
GAME 2 | Michigan 10, Colgate 0
Similar to the first game of the double-header, Michigan scored two runs in the first inning to give the Wolverines the lead.
The Raiders tried to make some noise at the play after sophomore Jillian Herbst walked to open the first inning. Senior Adrienne Nardone got the last hit of the day for the Raiders to advance Herbst, but unfortunately for Colgate, she was left stranded.
Michigan took the game in five innings after scoring two more runs in the second, three in the third, and one final run in the fourth.
Senior Bailey Misken and sophomore Mia Edwards struck out a runner apiece in their season debuts on the bump.
UP NEXT
Colgate (0-2) hits the field again on Saturday for a pair of games. The Raiders face Minnesota at 1:30 p.m. before wrapping up the day against Marshall at 4 p.m.
